A deep dive into the importance of Fiction in Video Games
I'm embarking on the NaNoWriMo challenge to write a novel in a month. 50,000 words of unedited slop. Here is my progress.
Working with the marketing team at EA/Hasbro, has changed my viewpoint on how to approach my target market. Now I’m starting to think about how to reach my readers and what they will want, not today, but 2 years down the road. If you are not thinking about this you might be left out in the cold.
Openers
Brandon Dayton, Video Game concept artist by day, comic book author/illustrator by night, clues us in on his process, cultural impact of comic and the fact that it “turns out creative stuff takes a ton of discipline, but I didn’t find that out until long after I’d set out on my path.”
[Dust] Brandon. Thanks for [...]
Jasen Torres, seasoned Gameplay Producer for Crytek’s upcoming Crysis 2 shares his take on German food, the impact of his influences on his video game design, the trials and the joys developing story in complex games like Command and Conquer. His list of shipped titles will blow you away as will his diverse influences and [...]
You can write a novel without Action. You can write a game without Conflict. What happens when the two come together can be magic. A real, peanut butter in my chocolate moment.
